The Book That Changed America How Darwin's Theory of Evolution Ignited a Nation

Randall Fuller

eBook - 2017

A compelling portrait of a unique moment in American history when the ideas of Charles Darwin reshaped American notions about nature, religion, science and race“A lively and informative history.” – The New York Times Book ReviewThroughout its history America has been torn in two by debates over ideals and beliefs. Randall Fuller takes us back to one of those turning points, in 1860, with the story of the influence of Charles Darwin’s just-published On the Origin of Species on five American intellectuals, including Bronson Alcott, Henry David Thoreau, the child welfare reformer Charles Loring Brace, and the abolitionist Franklin Sanborn. Each of these figures seized on the book’s assertion of a common ancestry for all creature...s as a powerful argument against slavery, one that helped provide scientific credibility to the cause of abolition. Darwin’s depiction of constant struggle...

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Penguin Publishing Group
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English
Main Author
Randall Fuller
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File Size1 GB
ISBN9780698186675
Release Date1/24/2017
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ASINB01F2WPPV4
Release Date1/24/2017
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File Size978 MB
ISBN9780698186675
Release Date1/24/2017